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“Cast pearls before swine”in other languages

Offer something precious to someone who can't appreciate it.

  • English
  • Arabic
  • French
  • Hindi
  • Japanese
  • Russian
  • Swedish
English
cast pearls before swine
Arabic
اللي ما يعرف الصقر يشويه illi ma yaʿrif al-ṣaqr yishwīh literally He who doesn't know the falcon, grills it
French
Donner de la confiture à un cochon literally To give jam to a pig
Hindi
बंदर क्या जाने अदरक का स्वाद bandar kya jaane adrak ka svaad literally What does a monkey know about the taste of ginger?
Japanese
猫に小判 Neko ni koban literally A gold coin to a cat
Russian
метать бисер перед свиньями metat' biser pered svin'yami literally To cast pearls before swine
Swedish
kasta pärlor för svin literally Cast pearls before swine
Behind the words

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English, Russian and Swedish quote the Sermon on the Mount: “neither cast ye your pearls before swine”. French keeps the pig and swaps the pearls for jam, donner de la confiture à un cochon.

Japanese gives a gold coin to a cat, neko ni koban. Hindi asks what a monkey knows of the taste of ginger, बंदर क्या जाने अदरक का स्वाद. Arabic is harsher: whoever doesn't know what a falcon is grills it, اللي ما يعرف الصقر يشويه.

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